A/N: Holy Cow! You people are totally demanding! Well, your cries of how unfair it was that I left you with a cliffy struck my in the heart, and I'm typing this at 12:30 at night so I can just come post it tomorrow (today by the time I post this). But seriously, I'm not sure if I'll be able to update again this weekend after this chapter. You'll all have to wait until Monday. No matter how many reviews I get telling me I'm evil. :P

Anyway, on with the chapter.

I buried my head in Mark's chest and hoped that it wouldn't be the end for both of us. I hoped that, if it was Victoria, or some other hungry vampire, that they would be satisfied with me and leave Mark alone. I hoped the Cullens would explain everything to him if he survived.

When I didn't hear Mark gasp I peaked at the woods. A deer stood just inside the tree line, watching us nervously. I almost laughed in relief when I realized that we weren't going to die.

"Are you okay down there?" someone called from the road. I looked up and saw that we were amassing quite the audience on the road; at least five cars had stopped and about twelve anxious faces peered down at us. More cars were stopping, and I looked down and hid behind Mark to minimize the embarrassment. Before I looked down though, I realized that the edge of the ditch was steep, and I wasn't looking forward to the climb while our ever growing audience watched.

"We're fine," Mark answered. "My wife's a little shook up, but we're not injured."

"I called the police, they said they were bringing an ambulance and a tow truck," another person called down.

I groaned. "Not a hospital," I begged.

"I'm serious, we're fine," Mark called. "We just need some help getting the car out of the ditch, and we'll need a ride to Forks."

"Forks?" a velvet voice asked from above, and my eyes snapped upward, searching for his face. I had peer around Mark to look for him.

There he was, after all that time. Edward Cullen had finally returned to Washington, and just in time to see me crash. His expression was shocked when he realized who I was, just as I'm sure my face was a mask of surprise. We stared at each other for what seemed like an eternity before he looked away.

"Yes, Forks," Mark answered, unaware of whom we were talking to. "Have you heard of it?"

"I was headed there myself…" Edward answered reluctantly. "However, I am unsure if I can fit both of you plus your things in my car."

"Let's just wait for the tow truck," I begged Mark, turning my face away from my angel, my one real love. "I'll call Alice and have her come pick us up, or something."

"Bella, do you really want to have to wait that long?" Mark asked.

"I don't mind," I insisted. "We don't want to inconvenience this gentleman. I'm sure he's happy being on his own."

I knew without looking that Edward's eyes would turn black at that comment. I was sure that he caught the double meaning behind my words.

"Not at all, Bella," he said, stressing my name, "It would be a pleasure to drive you and your husband to Forks to see my family."

Mark gasped, finally understanding. "That's Edward?" He asked quietly.

"Yes," I admitted. "That's him."

The police and ambulance sirens broke through the air then, and a moment later the site was swarming with activity. Mark and I were helped to the top of the ditch, our car was towed up when the tow truck arrived, we were checked over, and almost stuffed in the ambulance to go to the hospital for further testing. Edward came to our rescue then by mentioning that we were going to go straight to a doctor's house. The ambulance drove away without us as passengers, and I sighed in relief. The tow truck promised to drop our car off at the Cullen's house, and we pulled a few of our belongings out of it before allowing the tow truck to pull away.

I looked at my phone-it said that I had 13 new voicemails. I rolled my eyes and called Alice while I waited for Mark to grab everything he wanted out of the car.

"Bella, oh my gosh, Bella, are you alright?" Alice squeaked.

"We're fine," I assured her. "You'll never guess who we're catching a ride from, though."

"Did he really?" Alice asked. "I saw him debating whether or not to stop! But he really did?! Oh, Bella!"

" Alice, we'll be there soon." I promised hurriedly. Mark was coming, and I didn't want him to overhear anything he wasn't supposed to.

We piled our things in Edward's Volvo and took off towards Forks. We made the two and a half hour drive in under an hour. The familiar shapes and houses of Forks, of my true home, began to show themselves again, and I found myself glad to be back.

The entire ride had passed in silence, with the hostility rolling off Edward in sheets. He pulled into his long, twisting driveway and in no time we were at the front door.

"Oh, Bella!" Alice exclaimed. She ran forward and gave me a huge hug almost before I was out of the car. "We were so worried!"

"We're fine," I assured her. She nodded and ran over to Edward.

"Welcome back," she said quietly, but then her face broke into a grin. "We've missed you so much!"

She pulled Edward into the house, and Mark and I followed. There would be an explosion when we entered the door, and I wasn't sure if it would be a good explosion or a bad one.

(A/N: It was so tempting to leave it here... but I think you guys would try to kill me again, so I decided not to...)

"Guess who's home!" Alice called into the house as she walked in the front door with Edward in tow. Mark and I entered silently behind them.

"Who?" Carlisle asked as he came down the stairs at a human pace. He was obviously not expecting Edward, though, because he stopped in his tracks when he could finally see the door.

"Edward!" Alice exclaimed.

"Edward!" Esme echoed as she raced down the stairs past Carlisle. The entire family came rushing down after her, and Edward was smothered in hugs before he even had a chance to escape.

"And Bella and Mark!" Esme added after giving Edward a hug. "Welcome home to the both of you, too." She gave us a warm smile, and I knew she was overjoyed that we were all here, including Edward, for this holiday.

"We're all here this year," Alice pointed out. "We'll have to have an even bigger party!"

"No," I groaned. Everyone laughed at me, everyone except Edward. He just glared.

"Bella, maybe you should go outside to call Charlie," Carlisle suggested. "You'll get a better signal on your phone out there, and he wanted you to call as soon as you got in."

"I'll do that now," I said. I went outside to sit on the bench swing on the front porch and pulled out my cell phone. I dialed my Dad's number and waited for him to pick up.

I felt someone sit down on the swing with me, and I turned to see who it was. My heart about stopped when I saw it was Edward.

"Hello," he said simply. I couldn't do anything but stare at him.

A/N: Okay, so that wasn't quite as bad of a cliffy, was it? I'll tell you now that they're going to talk, just so you don't go insane on me. ;)

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